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The Rich Eisen Show

Michael Irvin: The Playmaker Goes Deep

The Rich Eisen Show

ESPN

Sports

4.31.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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NFL Hall of Famer and 3-time Super Bowl Champion, Michael Irvin joins Suzy to take a deep dive into his upbringing, caring for his father and becoming one of the best Wide Receivers in football history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, everybody. Welcome to this edition of Just Getting Started. I am Susie Schuster and

0:11.3

today I have a great treat. I have Michael Irvin, the playmaker, the Hall of Famer, and

0:17.1

I'm lucky to say a friend of mine for many decades. He and I met years ago at Fox Sports

0:23.1

Net when I was a reporter and he'd come over to get his career going. And I got to tell

0:28.4

you he was kind, considerate, nothing like the guy that I had thought I had known working

0:35.8

in sports television. I love this guy so much that I can tell you that he is my child's

0:42.8

godfather. Yes, Taylor, maddenly, eyes in my daughter. Her godfather is Michael Irvin. Can

0:48.2

you imagine how good that's going to be when she goes on dates later? It says you better

0:51.2

be nice to me or else I'll stick my godfather after you. Anyway, he is one of Rich's closest

0:57.1

friends, obviously, through NFL Network, but I am claiming the steak. I knew him first.

1:05.1

As promised, the playmaker Michael Irvin joins us here on Just Getting Started. Michael,

1:09.6

before we start this, take us a little tour behind us. You've got some really pretty,

1:13.9

pretty shiny hardware behind you. So what do you have behind you? Let's hear about it.

1:18.7

Quite a few things. This house built 20 years ago. I know everybody is into that modern

1:25.3

thing where you don't have much and the walls are all clean. I'm changing some of the

1:30.7

house to that. But I haven't had time. I've been working the last 20 years since I built

1:35.2

this house. But everything behind me, you got Super Bowl trophy, you got National Championship

1:42.1

trophy behind me. Why are receivers of the year to John Mackie award trophies? And even

1:48.7

in the back here, you know, so quite a few things. And then of course pictures and everything

1:53.3

and even in some corners, some of the awards that my sons have won. And literally, and

1:59.4

things like that. When my kid catches Michael called more passes than any player in a high

2:05.1

school, he can Texas high school history against IMG. So you get him on the plaque on the

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